Books
Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists who Changed the World.
Co-author. (London: Hurst, 2019).
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Listed as one NPR’s books of the year for 2020
“This is history at its best, with compelling storytelling and, at times, chilling detail.” Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent BBC World News
“A critically important biography of one of the most iconic - and brutal - figures of the decades-old Afghan conflict.” Patricia Gossman, Associate Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
“A fascinating and deeply researched account of one of the least understood figures of modern jihadist militancy, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.” Peter Bergen, author of The Man-Hunt: The Ten Year Search for Bind Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
“Completely gripping from start to finish.” Zia Haider Rahman, author of In Light of What We Know
The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Contributor (London: Verso, 2010).
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“A pathbreaking synthesis of American and Russian perspectives on the illusions of empire and the impossibility of ‘victory’ in Afghanistan.” Mike Davis, author of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties